Microsoft To Do is free, polished, and deeply tied into the Microsoft 365 world — Outlook tasks, My Day, and flagged emails all flow into it. Taskify is a young indie app built around two-way Google Calendar sync, built-in productivity views, and a lifetime price. This isn't a price fight (To Do is free) — it's about which ecosystem and feature set fits how you actually work.
Feature availability verified May 2026. We update this page as things change — if you spot something outdated, email us.
| Feature | Taskify | Microsoft To Do |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free tier + $11.99 lifetime | ✓ Completely free |
| Two-way Google Calendar sync | ✓ Free | ✗ (Outlook only) |
| Microsoft 365 / Outlook integration | ✗ | ✓ Deep |
| Recurring tasks | ✓ Reliable, smart dismissal | Works, but breaks if a day is missed |
| Eisenhower Matrix view | ✓ Built-in | ✗ |
| Pomodoro timer | ✓ Built-in | ✗ |
| My Day / daily planner | Today view | ✓ My Day with suggestions |
| Subtasks (Steps) | ✓ With progress bars | ✓ Steps |
| Home screen widgets (Android/iOS) | ✓ 2×1 and 3×1, rotating messages | ✓ Basic |
| Web version | ✗ Mobile only | ✓ |
| Desktop apps (Mac/Win) | ✗ | ✓ (Windows native, Mac web) |
| List sharing | ✗ | ✓ Free |
| File attachments | ✗ | ✓ Up to 25 MB |
| Languages (full localization) | 10 (incl. Bulgarian) | Many |
| Lifetime / one-time option | ✓ $11.99 lifetime | N/A — free |
We're not going to pretend otherwise — Microsoft To Do genuinely beats Taskify in these areas:
Microsoft To Do has no premium tier and no ads. Everything is included at no cost, backed by Microsoft. If "free with no upsell" is your top priority, To Do is hard to beat — Taskify has a free tier too, but reserves some features for premium.
If your work or school runs on Outlook, To Do is the natural fit. Flagged emails become tasks, Outlook tasks sync automatically, and everything lives in the same Microsoft account. Taskify is built for the Google side of the world, not Microsoft.
My Day is genuinely well done — a clean daily planner that wipes each morning and suggests tasks based on what's due and what you worked on. It's one of the best daily-focus features in any task app. Taskify has a Today view, but nothing as polished as My Day.
To Do runs on Windows, web, iOS, and Android. Your lists are everywhere. Taskify is currently mobile-only — if you need to work from a computer during the day, To Do has the edge.
Share a grocery list with family or attach a 25 MB file to a task — both free in To Do. Taskify is personal-only and doesn't do attachments. For shared household lists, To Do is more capable.
These are the reasons people choose Taskify over Microsoft To Do:
This is the big one. To Do syncs with Outlook, not Google Calendar. If your life runs on Google Calendar, Taskify gives you real two-way sync — change a task date, it updates in Calendar, and vice versa. To Do simply doesn't do Google.
Two proven productivity techniques are first-class features in Taskify. View tasks in the Important/Urgent grid; run a Pomodoro session for any task. Microsoft To Do has neither — you'd need separate apps.
A long-standing complaint about To Do: if you miss a day on a recurring task, the repeat can stop. Taskify's recurrence keeps going, and you can dismiss a single instance (skip today's workout) without breaking the series.
Taskify's 2×1 and 3×1 home screen widgets show your day, support tap-to-complete, and display rotating motivational messages in 10 languages. To Do's widgets are functional but plainer.
Full localization including notifications, date formats, weekday names, and the widget messages. To Do supports many languages too, but if you want a task app that feels truly native in Bulgarian, Taskify was built with that in mind.
To Do is free because you're inside Microsoft's ecosystem. Taskify gives you the option to own premium outright for $11.99 — no account lock-in to a larger suite, no dependence on a Microsoft 365 subscription for the full experience.
Verified May 2026. This is the one comparison where price isn't the story.
Bottom line: To Do wins on price (free). Taskify wins if you need Google Calendar sync, built-in Eisenhower/Pomodoro, or reliable recurrence — features To Do doesn't have at any price.
14 days of premium, no credit card. If you're deep in Microsoft 365, To Do may be the better fit — and that's fine. If you live in Google Calendar, give Taskify a try.